On Thursday, Red Mountain faced Sunnyside in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions had just enough and edged the Sunnyside Blue Devils out 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Red Mountain.
Kendall Cochran spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Sarah Misner was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Hampton, who went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run.
On Sunnyside's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Tatyana Vega gave up just two earned runs on seven hits.
On the hitting side, Sunnyside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Vianney Cruz, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
Red Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-3 record this season. As for Sunnyside, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 21-9.
Red Mountain will stay at home for another game and welcome Corona del Sol at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Red Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.9 runs per game this season. Sunnyside does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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